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"Hefty" centerfold isn't so voluptuous after all; stay-at-home moms aren't there for the finances; finally, someone ma

Letters to the Editor

This is your brain on ecstasy: Pleasure pill or brain-damage time bomb?

Alt: Who will write brilliant articles about colonic irrigation and biofeedback?

Block that fat! Diet pill for obese might cause some yucky side effects

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When diagnosed with cancer I learned: Laugh every day

Aspirin: For a few, the wonder drug can be deadly

Tanning your hide: Everything you ever wanted to know about sunscreen but were afraid to ask

The end of antibiotics? We may be losing the race against super bacteria

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Hitchens' "No One Left to Lie To": Bile and fantasy

Mary Roach: Copping a feel for dear life: I asked my husband to help me with a breast exam -- and all I got was foreplay

Bang! Bang! You're dead! The 15-year-old desperado I couldn't save

Is meat sexy? Vegetarians may not be getting enough zinc -- or lovin'.

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Raped on an autumn day: I locked the door -- with the devil inside

Nancy Venable Raine

The extra-dry apocalypse: Bogus "antiperspirants cause breast cancer"e-mail scare

Sex and death behind bars: Is prison officials' refusal to hand out condoms sparking the next major AIDS crisis?

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Anthrax vaccinations: Critics charge military program is dangerously flawed

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Miami's vice: Why crack cocaine is alive and well in South Florida

The Salon Interview: George W. Bush

Killed by bad handwriting: Your doctor's indecipherable scrawl can put you six feet under

Doped pedalers: pro cycling is awash in drugs

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"Hey, he's better than Clinton": GOP's spin on George W.'s youthful indiscretions

James Poniwozik

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